Atletico knock out Barcelona from Champions League

Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League Wednesday night after they were beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid.

Antoine Griezmann celebrates his goal for Atletico Madrid

Although Barcelona led 2-1 from the first leg, Atletico's Antoine Griezmann scored two answered goals to qualify his team to the semi-finals.

Barcelona failed to cope with the intensity of an Atletico side who are also just three points behind them in La Liga and will be buoyed by this scalp as they seek to heap added misery on to their Catalan counterparts domestically.